Creating select dropdowns is fundamental for building user-friendly forms and filtering interfaces in Vue applications. As the creator of CoreUI, a widely used open-source UI library, I’ve implemented countless dropdown components and form controls over 25 years of development. From my expertise, the most effective approach is using v-model with the select element and v-for to generate options dynamically from data arrays. This creates reactive dropdowns that automatically update when data changes and provide seamless two-way binding.

Handling select dropdowns in React requires controlled components where React manages the selected value through component state and change handlers. As the creator of CoreUI, a widely used open-source UI library, I’ve implemented select dropdown controls in thousands of React applications for user selection interfaces. From my expertise, the most effective approach is using controlled components with value property and onChange handler. This method provides predictable form behavior with proper state management and validation capabilities.